 A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then...  The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey ... - Page 169by George Lewis Smyth - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1870 - 712 pages
...and which, in fact, reminds us of nothing so much as Dryden's famous description of Achitophel,— " A man so various that he seemed to be, Not one, but all mankind's epitome." So is it with Robert Browning's poem. It seems to contain every thing — the buried wisdom... | |
 | 1783 - 800 pages
...of the land ; • Jn the firft rank of thefe did Zimri tend. • A man fo various that he feem'd to be • Not one, but all mankind's epitome : •Stiffin...opinions, always in the wrong, • Was every thing by ftarti, and nothing long : •But in the courfe of one revolving moon, "•Was chymift, fidler, fiatefman,... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...score. Some of their chiefs were princes of the land : In the first rank of these did Zimri J stand ; A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 476 pages
...amongst Uie Uilse was lost. Absalam Senior. Note XVIII. In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ; A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. — P. 233. This inimitable description refers, as is well known, to the famous George Villiers,... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1810 - 514 pages
...Absalom and Achitophel, has drawn the following admirable portrait of him in the character of Zimri : " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, He's every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1816 - 932 pages
...has only served to render his •want of judgment, and of principle, the more lamentably memorable : A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. In squandering wealth nus his peculiar art, Nothing went unregarded, liul desert! C 3 Bcggar'd... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 316 pages
...finished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the first rank of these did Zinari stand: A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing Ion;; ; But,... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 438 pages
...wellfinished by Mr. Dryden, and raised upon the same foundation : In the first rank of these did Zimri stand : A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But,... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pages
...the hardihood to hold his horse while he killed her husband in a duel. Buckingham satirised Dryden in the Rehearsal, and Dryden retaliated in Absalom...various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome 7 Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was every thing by fits, and nothing long ; But in... | |
 | John Elihu Hall - American literature - 1826 - 230 pages
...memory, who retain information a week old, may recollect, in my last number, a portrait of Meander — " A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome ; Who, in the course of one revolving moon, Was poet, painter, lover, and buffoon ; Then all... | |
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